A Touch of Sin 2013
天注定
Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.
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Vocabulary
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| 厂 厂 | "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc | |
| 快速 快速 | fast; high-speed; rapid | |
| 桥 橋 | bridge | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 导演 導演 | to direct; director (film etc) | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 员工 員工 | staff; personnel; employee | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 具体 具體 | concrete; definite; specific | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 乐 樂 | happy; cheerful; to laugh | |
| 事故 事故 | accident | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 姑娘 姑娘 | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) | |
| 期 朞 | a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] | |
| 不仅 不僅 | not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 胜利 勝利 | victory | |
| 年代 年代 | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period | |
| 系 係 | to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) | |
| 皮 皮 | leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty | |
| 哈哈 哈哈 | (onom.) laughing out loud | |
| 经济 經濟 | economy; economic | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 朝 朝 | imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards | |
| 刀 刀 | surname Dao | |
| 破 破 | broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of | |
| 从来 從來 | always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) | |
| 正式 正式 | formal; official | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 环境 環境 | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient | |
| 规定 規定 | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 地区 地區 | local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 专家 專家 | expert; specialist | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 事实 事實 | fact | |
| 人类 人類 | humanity; human race; mankind | |
| 各 各 | each; every | |
| 由于 由於 | due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because | |
| 压力 壓力 | pressure | |
| 责任 責任 | responsibility; blame; duty |